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Housebuilding rates increase yet doubts remain on meeting target
More than half of housebuilders increased the rate at which they built new homes over the last year and predict a further rise over the next 12 months, according to a new survey.
Weston opens new £12m housebuilding factory
Weston Logistics, part of volume housebuilder Weston Group, has opened the Braintree Logistics Centre, a new distribution and offsite housebuilding factory.
The worst decade of housebuilding since WW2
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) analysis has revealed the 2010s will see the least amount of new houses built since WW2.
Birmingham exceeds housebuilding target by 108%
Birmingham has exceeded the annual housebuilding targets over the last three years by 108%, revealing that confidence in the housing market in the city is improving.
Housebuilding continues to prop up construction sector
The value of new construction contracts in October hit £5.4bn, a 3.8% decrease compared to September, as housebuilding continues to prop up the sector with £2bn worth of contract value.
Councils already failing to meet housebuilding targets, says research
Councils across the UK are failing to meet their housebuilding targets, with some falling more than six years below the intended goal, according to new research by Project Etopia
How offsite is set to revive the ailing housebuilding industry
Geoff Fawkes, director of The McAvoy Group, looks at how offsite construction is helping to address the housing crisis by increasing productivity.
Khan boosts council housebuilding teams with new £10m fund
Sadiq Khan has launched a new £10m fund to improve London councils’ housing and planning teams and help boost their role in building new homes in the capital
Northern regions overtake London in housebuilding growth
New data from the Regional Construction Hotspots in Great Britain 2018 report by industry analysts Barbour ABI and the Construction Products Association, shows London's homebuilders have been outpaced by the rest of Great Britain as investment in housebuilding dropped to its lowest value in six years.
The value of good acoustics in housebuilding
Excessive noise is not just an irritant – it can have a real impact on our quality of life, health and wellbeing. David Garritt, a member of the Association of Noise Consultants (ANC), signposts professionals in the housebuilding sector to some of the ways acoustics can help mitigate the issue
Improving productivity in housebuilding through BatiScript
Mobile, hand-held technology fostering greater collaboration and efficiency could have a crucial role in boosting productivity in housebuilding.
Review highlights requirements to speed up housebuilding
A review of housebuilding has stressed the need for changes to the current system to ensure new homes are built faster to help meet government targets
Contractors selected for £1.5bn Scottish housebuilding framework
Twenty building contractors have been confirmed for a £1.5bn local authority housebuilding framework in Scotland
Beast from the East chills housebuilding in Q1
Housebuilding reached the second highest point in a decade during the 2017-18 financial year but the freezing start to 2018 saw a sharp drop in activity, according to new statistics
BIM pilot project reveals the housebuilding sector could save millions
A BIM pilot project headed by Stewart Milne Timber Solutions, has shown that technology and collaborative working throughout the housebuilding, sector could save the industry more than £500 million a year.
TfL releases land site for housebuilding
Over 1,000 new homes are on track as Transport for London (TfL) releases its largest land site so far for home-building
Housebuilding falls as UK construction output ‘nears stagnation’ in January
Construction output growth faded to "near-stagnation" levels in January as residential building activity contracted, new orders declined and business activity growth fell to a four-month low
Land banking review to accelerate housebuilding
Head of the land banking review Sir Oliver Letwin has committed to seeking “practical, non-partisan recommendations” to accelerate housebuilding
Homes England: Government launches new agency to boost housebuilding
A new national housing agency, Homes England, to boost housebuilding by bringing together planning expertise and new land buying powers has been launched by housing secretary Sajid Javid
Research illustrates importance of foreign labour in UK housebuilding
Housebuilders in the UK are heavily reliant on foreign labour and will need continued access to skilled EU workers post Brexit to deliver the Government’s housing targets a new census of the workforce shows
Sadiq Khan urges chancellor to support housebuilding in London
Sadiq Khan wants the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to take emergency action to support housebuilding in the forthcoming Budget
Khan calls for government investment to double housebuilding
Massive government investment is needed to help London double its housebuilding and ramp up the number of new affordable homes, Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned
Planning regulations should be relaxed to encourage more housebuilding
To stabilise housing prices, make home ownership affordable and encourage more housebuilding planning regulations need to be loosened
Planning reforms are necessary to increase the rate of housebuilding
Speeding up the “drip-fed” housebuilding process requires serious planning reforms, says think tank Civitas
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Infrastructure challenges are a major barrier to housebuilding
To build homes faster there must be a focus on overcoming infrastructure challenges, says Natalie Elphicke, Chief Executive, The Housing & Finance Institute